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foregoingadjective going before another in time or orderyour foregoing statement contradicts your latest one antecedent, anterior, former, precedent, preceding, previous, prior advance, early, prematureearliest, first, inaugural, initial, maiden, original, pioneerpreexistingintroductory, preliminaryerstwhile, whilom after, ensuing, following, later, posterior, subsequent, succeeding advanced, lateclosing, concluding, final, last, latest, latter, terminal, ultimate mentioned previouslyfor the foregoing reasons, I believe that we have no choice but to deliver a guilty verdict aforementioned, aforesaid, forenamed, said abovesuchantecedent, anterior, precedent, preceding, priorintroductory, preliminaryerstwhile, former, whilom belowensuing, following, subsequent, succeeding to go or come before in timeif the sparse crowds are any indication of the public's interest in the presidential candidate, then his reputation obviously foregoes him anteceding, antedating, preceding, predating, preexisting following, postdating, succeeding adj.preceding, antecedent, foregoing, previous, prior, former, anterior mean being before.preceding usually implies being immediately before in time or in place.the preceding sentence antecedent applies to order in time and may suggest a causal relation.conditions antecedent to the revolution foregoing applies chiefly to statements.the foregoing remarks previous and prior imply existing or occurring earlier, but prior often adds an implication of greater importance.a child from a previous marriage a prior obligation former implies always a definite comparison or contrast with something that is latter.the former name of the company anterior applies to position before or ahead of usually in space, sometimes in time or order.the anterior lobe of the brain in the 15th century |